Several years ago, grant county was sued by a former county employee for wrongful discharge. although it was to be contested by the county, at the time of the lawsuit the attorneys believed that the county was likely to lose and the estimated amount of the ultimate judgment would be $100,000. this year, the case was finally settled with a judgment against the county of $150,000, which was paid. assuming that the county maintains its books and records in a manner to facilitate the preparation of its government-wide financial statements, the entry in the current year should bea) debit expenditures $150,000; credit cash $150,000.b) debit expenses $150,000; credit cash $150,000.c) debit expenditures $50,000 and claims payable $100,000; credit cash $150,000.d) debit expenses $50,000 and claims payable $100,000; credit cash $150,000.

Companies in the u.s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct

If a government accumulates chronic budget deficits over time, what's one possible result? a. a collective action problem b. a debt crisis c. regulatory capture d. an unfunded liability

You are given the following information about aggregate demand at the existing price level for an economy: (1) consumption = $400 billion, (2) investment = $40 billion, (3) government purchases = $90 billion, and (4) net export = $25 billion. if the full-employment level of gdp for this economy is $600 billion, then what combination of actions would be most consistent with closing the gdp gap here?